Shocker (1989)

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"Horace Pinker Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Serial murder, Animal cruelty, Torture, Assaulting an officer, Vandalism "

" On October 2nd, at 6:45 a.m. mass murderer Horace Pinker was put to death. Now, he's really mad. Jonathan Parker, an average all American jock, discovers that he is the only one, who can unplug the maniac, so to speak, by entering a fantasy realm of dreams and channel hopping. It’s a 1000 watts of terror! Some felt, that this heavy metal horror chaos was too similar to A Nightmare on Elm Street, complete with a catch phrase spouting maniac, and ghoulish screams. The film was released by U"

" On October 2nd, at 6:45 a.m. mass murderer Horace Pinker was put to death. Now, he's really mad. Jonathan Parker, an average all American jock, discovers that he is the only one, who can unplug the maniac, so to speak, by entering a fantasy realm of dreams and channel hopping. It’s a 1000 watts of terror! Some felt, that this heavy metal horror chaos was too similar to A Nightmare on Elm Street, complete with a catch phrase spouting maniac, and ghoulish screams. The film was released by U"

"Points: -1 Voters : the giraffe"

"Re-watch - Mar. 12th It had been so long since I last watched Shocker that I barely remembered it. Watching it a second time, that's not too surprising though as the film is a mess. The first stretch of the film has potential, but as it rolls along it starts getting more outlandish. It's like Wes Craven was trying to put a new character through everything Freddy Krueger had been through over the course of 4 films all at once. He quickly goes from fairly menacing to a cartoon, and it undercuts e"

"Shocker (Wes Craven, 1989) "

" Directed by: Wes Craven Produced by: Warren Chadwick, Wes Craven, Bob Engelman, Peter Foster, Shep Gordon, Barin Kumar, and Marianne Maddalena Written by: Wes Craven Cinematography: Jacques Haitkin Music by: William Goldstein Distributed by: Universal Pictures"

"After being captured for a series of gruesome murders, Horace Pinker, a television repairman, faces execution by the electric chair but a deal with the devil allows him to come back as electricity. Once he changes into his new form, Pinker goes after the detective that brought him down, Lt. Don Parker as well as Parker's adopted son, Jonathan. However, Jonathan's mysterious connection to Pinker through dreams might help track the killer's moves. This horror movie by Wes Craven is mostly a mixed"

"Change the channel. Or better don't watch it, at all."

" 1989 "

"30.1, PC Hauska kasarikauhu, jossa Mitch Pileggi käristetään sähkötuolissa elävältä, jonka jälkeen mies siirtyy kehosta toiseen tappamaan porukkaa. Oli hauska nähdä Pileggiä muussakin kuin X-Filesin Skinnerin roolissa, varsinkin kun Shockerissa miehelle suodaan paljon ylinäyttelyä, jotka hän myös vetää kiitettävästi. Turhat yrityksen vakavoittaa elokuvaa syövät jonkun verran elokuvan viihdyttävyyttä, mutta etenkin lopussa nähtävä Pileggin ja Peter Bergin green screen-"

" Directed By Wes Craven Starring Peter Berg / Mitch Pileggi / Camille Cooper "